Florida State releases Mike Norvell statement that has mediocrity written all over it

Rather than try to fix their current problems, the Florida State Seminoles decided to swallow their pride in doing something shameful by becoming the ACC version of the Wisconsin Badgers. Mike Norvell will be back for another season. Why? What has he done to merit another crack at this? Make it make sense?! Regardless of how you may feel, the Florida State powers at be feel totally differently.

For as shocking as the news was that Norvell was being retained was on early Sunday afternoon, what was even more troubling was the statement the university administration released. It made Dr. Richard McCullough look completely absent-minded in his praise and dedication for all things Norvell and athletic director Michael Alford are doing. This only means one thing: Florida State is flat-broke...

ESPN's Pete Thamel revealed this juicy nugget from McCullough's press release about Norvell.

"This decision reflects a unified commitment to competing in the rapidly evolving landscape of college football, while maintaining continuity within the program."

Preaching continuity and improvement by means of unification sounds like the definition of insanity.

What Florida State needs to do besides fire everyone is make a change at special teams, for starters.

Florida State administration shows it could not care less about its fans

So far we have already picked to pieces what McCullough said, so why not look at Norvell's quote.

"This program has been built on belief, sacrifice, and putting the team first."

When has Norvell not made it about himself in recent weeks? At the first sign of trouble, he cowers...

Now let's see what the delightful athletic director Alford had to say about the current situation.

"Our responsibility is to do what gives Florida State the strongest competitive position -- not just today, but for years to come."

Under no circumstances is that bringing back Norvell, who gets to operate with no consequences.

Attempting to read between the lines here, Florida State may have done it reconnaissance on any potential candidate out there worth having. One could come to the conclusion that neither Tulane's Jon Sumrall or South Florida's Alex Golesh wanted anything to do with the Florida State program, especially at its current state, and with so many other great jobs out there. Florida State misses out.

In a best-case scenario, Florida State does what Wisconsin hopes it can do and play the Virginia NIL rebuilding game plan to perfection. Right now, it is working, as UVA is still very much alive to win the ACC and make the College Football Playoff for the first time as conference champions. If Virginia can do it, so can Florida State and Wisconsin. The problem is Norvell and Luke Fickell are not Tony Elliott...

For now, Norvell enters next year on the hot seat, but at least he will have more available resources!